Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fitted for lacerating or tearing flesh; laniariform: specifically applied to canine teeth when well developed.
- noun A butcher's stall; shambles.
- noun A canine tooth when laniariform.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The shambles; a place of slaughter.
- noun (Anat.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.
- adjective (Anat.) Lacerating or tearing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacerating or tearing
- noun The
shambles ; a place ofslaughter . - noun anatomy A
canine tooth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
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I have, however a laniary tooth of the proper dimensions to correspond in size with the saurian, which may have been provided with this impenetrable armour, and also the middle
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